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ronald reagan was the last republican presidential candidate to win it back in 1984. but it's been of a mixed bag. president obama won this county with 48% of the vote back in actually, but paul ryan's been elected seven times. so while there are plenty of democrats around here, there are also plenty of republicans. it will be interesting to see how the state goes in november. >> we'll see if paul ryan can turn things around in wisconsin for the republicans. athena jones, thanks very, very much. >>> mitt romney's former presidential competitor, newt gingrich, is standing by to give us his take on paul ryan, that's next. [ ross ] the streets of monaco, home of the legendary grand prix circuit. the perfect place to bring the all-new cadillac ats to test the 2.0-liter turbo engine. [ engine revs ] ♪ [ derek ] 272 horsepower. the lightest in its class. the cadillac ats outmatches the bmw 3 series. i cannot believe i have ended the day not scraping some red paint off on these barriers. [ male announcer ] the all-new cadillac ats. not squestions. when you're off ocaring f
ronald reagan was the last republican presidential candidate to win it back in 1984. but it's been of a mixed bag. president obama won this county with 48% of the vote back in actually, but paul ryan's been elected seven times. so while there are plenty of democrats around here, there are also plenty of republicans. it will be interesting to see how the state goes in november. >> we'll see if paul ryan can turn things around in wisconsin for the republicans. athena jones, thanks very,...
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>> yeah. >> how about ronald reagan. >> okay. now we're really in lala land. >> i know nothing about the vp thing. honestly. i'm happy with portman, i'm happy with macdonald. i'm happy with rubio. all the people on the list are good people. and governor romney's going to pick somebody that could be president. >> governor sununu, thank you as always. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> we are about to put a human face on today's unemployment numbers. after four years of looking, a california man finally found his new job. you'll also see what happens when not one but two hurricanes hit at the same time. this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com. one is for a clean, wedome
>> yeah. >> how about ronald reagan. >> okay. now we're really in lala land. >> i know nothing about the vp thing. honestly. i'm happy with portman, i'm happy with macdonald. i'm happy with rubio. all the people on the list are good people. and governor romney's going to pick somebody that could be president. >> governor sununu, thank you as always. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> we are about to put a human face on today's unemployment numbers....
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ronald reagan had one of the worst debate performances ever. in the first debate against walter mondale, his mind drifted on him and he carried 49 states. >> i don't know how they're preparing but we're going to continue talking about this in the days to come. i assume they're doing a 90-minute dress rehearsal, not just doing ten minutes here, ten minutes there because these guys -- it's like a football game. you have to practice, practice, practice. >> i played bush for gore in 2000 in those debate preps. we did some that were just segments. you had to hone in on your position. but the 90-minute ones, when it's a full rehearsal, it wears you out physically. >> but there's a reticence on the candidates' parts to do that because they don't want to leave it on the practice field. they want to do it little bit by little bit. >> guys, thank you. >>> some united states marines are now speaking out about a taliban attack that not only claimed two u.s. lives, it also destroyed more aircraft. fighter aircraft, than any single attack since the vietnam w
ronald reagan had one of the worst debate performances ever. in the first debate against walter mondale, his mind drifted on him and he carried 49 states. >> i don't know how they're preparing but we're going to continue talking about this in the days to come. i assume they're doing a 90-minute dress rehearsal, not just doing ten minutes here, ten minutes there because these guys -- it's like a football game. you have to practice, practice, practice. >> i played bush for gore in...
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so, he, of course, was closer to ronald reagan era than i. >> mr. speaker, you heard the criticism that you weren't necessarily as close to the president as you suggest. >> well, it's increasingly interesting to watch the romney attack machine coordinate things. and all of a sudden today there are four different articles by four different people that randomly show up. the fact is, i'm thrilled that michael reagan has endorsed me and will be campaigning with me here in florida. i remember very fondly in 1995, when we were at the goldwater institute and nancy reagan said, you know, barry gave ronnie the torch and now ronnie's passing the torch to newt and his team in congress. so, i think it's reasonable to say, and i think the governor said it fairly, i am vastly closer to reagan and in that period, the governor was a business person. in '92, he was donating to democrats in congress. voting for paul tsongas in the primary. in '94, running against teddy kennedy, he said, flatly, i don't want to go back to a reagan-bush era. there's a pretty wide gap.
so, he, of course, was closer to ronald reagan era than i. >> mr. speaker, you heard the criticism that you weren't necessarily as close to the president as you suggest. >> well, it's increasingly interesting to watch the romney attack machine coordinate things. and all of a sudden today there are four different articles by four different people that randomly show up. the fact is, i'm thrilled that michael reagan has endorsed me and will be campaigning with me here in florida. i...
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they have a disadvantage going into the first debate as we said in 1984 ronald reagan overprepared and he actually did worse. >> the democratic surrogates talking down the president, they actually make a pretty convincing case. >> he has to defend himself too. >> he does have to defend himself. by the way, once you've been president and you've had people running around you handing you everything you ever needed for the last three and a half years, it's difficult to stand in front of people and have somebody wag their finger at you and say, now you answer this question. >> you could see that with bush in '04 that he seemed a little pe pet lent at times. >> didn't they do that to you as governor? >> it's tricky. even though he becomes a candidate, he has to speak in a certain way different than the leeway that a candidate has. >> okay. we're going to have to take a quick break right now. when we come back we're going to get my esteemed panelists unsolicited advice and maybe some from me. stay with us. does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by
they have a disadvantage going into the first debate as we said in 1984 ronald reagan overprepared and he actually did worse. >> the democratic surrogates talking down the president, they actually make a pretty convincing case. >> he has to defend himself too. >> he does have to defend himself. by the way, once you've been president and you've had people running around you handing you everything you ever needed for the last three and a half years, it's difficult to stand in...
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. >> ronald reaganed asked the american people in 1980, you remember when he was facing incumbent president, jimmy carter, are you better off today than four years ago? >> that's one question mitt romney will not ask barack obama. >> why? >> he'll crush it. you want to know what this economy looked like? i hope that he says we've made no way near the progress that i would have liked, but i would be delighted to answer the question that where the country is today is -- mitt romney will never ask obama that question. i promise you. >> i don't know if he will or not. but i would have no hesitancy to advise him to it. >> please do it. >> look at the promises this president made three and a half years ago to the american people, four years ago. he said he's going to cut the deficit in half. he told them if indeed unemployment is not lower, more americans are finding jobs, that he wouldn't get another four years. and that's the situation today. he's been spending outrageously, no concern -- >> quickly on both of you. if you had to give one piece of strategic advice, not to mitt romney, because i
. >> ronald reaganed asked the american people in 1980, you remember when he was facing incumbent president, jimmy carter, are you better off today than four years ago? >> that's one question mitt romney will not ask barack obama. >> why? >> he'll crush it. you want to know what this economy looked like? i hope that he says we've made no way near the progress that i would have liked, but i would be delighted to answer the question that where the country is today is --...
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he said ronald reagan and george h.w. bush would have a hard time f you define the republican party, and i don't, as having an orthodoxsy that it doesn't have a disagreement. doesn't allow for finding some common ground. he was suggesting they would have a difficult time fitting into, at least the certain brand of the republican party right no now. >> well, i worked for both of those presidents. you were there, too. it was very partisan then. they blamed aids and homelessness on reagan. said poppy bush was a wimp. this was a different day. it's not a different party. the party is still united around the same principles of limited government, lower taxes and regulatory policies that unleash the animal spirits in the market, which is what reagan did. which is why he created ten times as many jobs and the growth rate twice as great as this recovery. obama created the worst recovery, it tends to have a different dynamic on those trying to find common ground. we cannot sustain anymore of obama's policies. the environment is di
he said ronald reagan and george h.w. bush would have a hard time f you define the republican party, and i don't, as having an orthodoxsy that it doesn't have a disagreement. doesn't allow for finding some common ground. he was suggesting they would have a difficult time fitting into, at least the certain brand of the republican party right no now. >> well, i worked for both of those presidents. you were there, too. it was very partisan then. they blamed aids and homelessness on reagan....
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ronald reagan repeatedly attacked by president carter for his stance on health care. >> governor reagan, as a matter of fact, began his political career campaigning around this nation against medicare. >> reporter: reagan wins fans and the election by staying cool. >> there you go again. >> reporter: four years later president reagan again uses humor to handle attacks on his age during his debate with walter mondale. >> i want to you know that also i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. >> reporter: the next election, democratic candidate due can a ki dukakis is asked this question. >> if kity were raped and murdered, would you favor irrevocable death penalty for the killer? >> no, i don't. i think you know that i proposed the death penalty during all of my life. >> reporter: the public sees his answer as cold and dispassionate. that very night his poll numbers dropped. during the 1988 vice presidential debate -- >> senator, you are no jack kennedy. >> reporter: body language play as part in t
ronald reagan repeatedly attacked by president carter for his stance on health care. >> governor reagan, as a matter of fact, began his political career campaigning around this nation against medicare. >> reporter: reagan wins fans and the election by staying cool. >> there you go again. >> reporter: four years later president reagan again uses humor to handle attacks on his age during his debate with walter mondale. >> i want to you know that also i will not make...
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." >> the big conclusion that came to me from this conversation was that ronald reagan's famous question, are you better off than you were four years ago, is probably not as relevant as we think, precisely because fewer voters expect to be. voters have been living through a full decade of declining incomes and meager job growth. the new normal in many ways is just trying to keep ahead of that. and i think that what was clear to me from these conversations is that at least from obama's '08 voters, many of them are not asking that question. they're asking, has he made as much progress as reasonably could be expected, given the mess that he inherited? and i think many of them are holding with him on that ground. but the big threat that comes through these conversations is that people didn't expect it to be morning in america by 2012, but, wolf, they want signs of progress. and that's what is wavering. that's the bolt that is loosening for the president at this point. the sense that at least if it's not right now, we're moving in the right direction. and even among some of his former support
." >> the big conclusion that came to me from this conversation was that ronald reagan's famous question, are you better off than you were four years ago, is probably not as relevant as we think, precisely because fewer voters expect to be. voters have been living through a full decade of declining incomes and meager job growth. the new normal in many ways is just trying to keep ahead of that. and i think that what was clear to me from these conversations is that at least from...
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so mitt romney has to walk through that ronald reagan thing, peace through strength and say, it's not about war but about strength. for president obama, they know they're going to come at him and say, you've been weak. they have to know this. this is not something that comes as some sort of intel from inside their debate preparation. both of them have to avoid -- mitt romney has to avoid looking too trigger happy, if you will, because that's how the obama people want to paint him. and the president needs to look strong and determined and like he does believe in a muscular foreign policy. so i think they have sort of opposite sides of the coin that each are going to go at the other about. >> candy, we'll look forward to having you join us for our continuing coverage obviously leading up to and after this debate. cap di, thanks very much. >> thanks, wolf. >>> debate night in america, the third and final presidential debate will certain foengs in on foreign policy. cnn's coverage from boca raton, florida, begins tonight, 7:00 p.m. eastern right after "the situation room." >>> should the
so mitt romney has to walk through that ronald reagan thing, peace through strength and say, it's not about war but about strength. for president obama, they know they're going to come at him and say, you've been weak. they have to know this. this is not something that comes as some sort of intel from inside their debate preparation. both of them have to avoid -- mitt romney has to avoid looking too trigger happy, if you will, because that's how the obama people want to paint him. and the...
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ronald reagan supported foreign aid. george h.w. bush and george w. bush did as well. look, i grew up in dubai and understand the power of american dollars overseas, whether it comes from u.s. foreign aid or from ivate bus.sines but what i do disagree with and what i think the governor will disagree with is we probably need to stop funding countries that clearly aren't working in our interest. >> give me a name tor two. >> i think if you look at the present course being run in egypt or even in pakistan, i think we need to put some restrictions on our dollars being spent there. >> because the u.s. does give more than $1 billion a year to each of these countries, almost $2 billion to pakistan, donna. is that money well spent or money thrown away? >> i think it's important that we do leverage our foreign dollars, whether we're giving them $1 billion or less than that. and that it's an important leverage to use in our diplomat toolbox. but at a time where most persons are feeling the pressure of this recession, or still feeling the pressure, there's no question that they'r
ronald reagan supported foreign aid. george h.w. bush and george w. bush did as well. look, i grew up in dubai and understand the power of american dollars overseas, whether it comes from u.s. foreign aid or from ivate bus.sines but what i do disagree with and what i think the governor will disagree with is we probably need to stop funding countries that clearly aren't working in our interest. >> give me a name tor two. >> i think if you look at the present course being run in egypt...
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ronald reagan's second term -- >> a few months ago, i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. my heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not. >> reporter: the iran contra affair. bill clinton -- >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> reporter: impeached after the lewinsky mess. and george w. bush, well, there was the valerie plame spygate scandal, not to mentioning the handling of hurricane katrina. that's trouble for roughly 100% of re-elected presidents since 1972. yes, it's enough to give you second thoughts about that second term. so is there anything the obama team can do to prevent this? now, as bill clinton might say. >> it depends upon what the meaning of the word "is" is. >> reporter: the fact is, if there is going to be a second-term scandal, its seeds were probably sewn in the first term. the watergate break-in, nixon's first term. the actual iran contra deal, reagan's first term. bill clinton's liaison with lewinsky, first term. the actual plame leaks, first term. so if the obama tea
ronald reagan's second term -- >> a few months ago, i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. my heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not. >> reporter: the iran contra affair. bill clinton -- >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> reporter: impeached after the lewinsky mess. and george w. bush, well, there was the valerie plame spygate scandal, not to mentioning the handling...
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. >> and people will ask that ronald reagan question, are you better off today than four years ago? that will be very, very important. >>> u.s. teenagers are smoking less tobacco but smoking more pot. detail of the health risks many of them don't know about. >>> and details in the death of boxes legend and champion. >> translator: it would have been a draw. nobody would have won. ali said it and i say it. mohamed used to dance and me too, and i think we would still be dancing now. policewoman n. ♪ introducing the world's only solar-powered home energy system, which can cut your heating and cooling bills in half. call now to get up to 1,375 dollars in rebates. or zero percent financing for 18 months on select lennox home comfort systems. offer ends june 15th. plus download our free lennox mobile app with an energy-savings calculator to show how much you'll save with a lennox system. if your current system is 10 years or older, start planning now and take advantage of special financing. so call now to get up to 1,375 dollars in rebates. or zero percent financing for 18 months on sel
. >> and people will ask that ronald reagan question, are you better off today than four years ago? that will be very, very important. >>> u.s. teenagers are smoking less tobacco but smoking more pot. detail of the health risks many of them don't know about. >>> and details in the death of boxes legend and champion. >> translator: it would have been a draw. nobody would have won. ali said it and i say it. mohamed used to dance and me too, and i think we would still...
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reagan did and ronald reagan was more the model for his presidency, wanted to be a more transformational president. and now he's the witness for the defense. what you saw at the democratic convention, above all from president clinton, was a defense of barack obama's first-term record, and they are deploying him now in swing states, even more than michelle obama, he's probably the biggest asset they have. but life is long. you never know when you're going to end up, that these two men are now embracing to this extent. >> life is really long. >> you know, the president got a bounce at the convention, and it's arguable that clinton played a big part in that. we have this new pew research center poll that i found real estate interesting. it showed, when they were asking, what was the highlight of the democratic convention, 29% bill clinton's speech, 16% said the president's speech, and michelle obama's speech was at 15%. so does that also mean that there is a downside to having president clinton -- >> oh, you mean overshadowing -- you know, he -- everybody knows hays not the candidate. i thi
reagan did and ronald reagan was more the model for his presidency, wanted to be a more transformational president. and now he's the witness for the defense. what you saw at the democratic convention, above all from president clinton, was a defense of barack obama's first-term record, and they are deploying him now in swing states, even more than michelle obama, he's probably the biggest asset they have. but life is long. you never know when you're going to end up, that these two men are now...
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. >> well, you mentioned bill clinton, it's like republicans mentioning ronald reagans. those are better times than now. the thing i'm struck by in those remarks is this president has lost the plot on having an economic policy. he has a fiscal policy. fiscal refers to the government's treasury, surpluses, deficits. economics refers to the overall growth of the economy. the fiscal problem is a subset of the economic problem. fix the economy, if a government finances follow. and obama is now trapped in doing what the republicans unfortunately have also unwisely done which is to put the lesser problem at the head of the cue and to forget the greater problem. >> you agree, i assume, that bill clinton to the democrats is what ronald reagan is to the republicans? >> well, i would to a certain extent in that what president ama wants to do is actually have people remember the good times. and the good times were when a democratic president, bill clinton, was -- he basically directed the biggest economic expansion in 50 years. and his policies, obama's policies, are very similar t
. >> well, you mentioned bill clinton, it's like republicans mentioning ronald reagans. those are better times than now. the thing i'm struck by in those remarks is this president has lost the plot on having an economic policy. he has a fiscal policy. fiscal refers to the government's treasury, surpluses, deficits. economics refers to the overall growth of the economy. the fiscal problem is a subset of the economic problem. fix the economy, if a government finances follow. and obama is...
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your dad told bloomberg eldtorial board, in june, ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, that would be your grandfather, would have a hard time, if you define a republican party, and i don't, that doesn't allow for disagreement, doesn't allow for finding some common ground. the suggestion being that maybe the current batch of republicans so ideological, so engaged with tea party rhetoric, if you will, that even ronald reagan or george h.w. bush would not have felt comfortable. >> politics at a national level is about building o coalitions. in this case the tea party has a strong influence within the party. when ronald reagan and my dad's quoting of him i think refers to the big ten theory. and i'm a huge advocate of that as it relates to outreach in the hispanic community. that sociologically may not completely agree with where the party platform stands on a lot of issues. but they're far to the right on fiscal questions. and so, what i love about the party is that it's extremely diverse. what my dad is trying to say is we need to be the party more welcoming. that a
your dad told bloomberg eldtorial board, in june, ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, that would be your grandfather, would have a hard time, if you define a republican party, and i don't, that doesn't allow for disagreement, doesn't allow for finding some common ground. the suggestion being that maybe the current batch of republicans so ideological, so engaged with tea party rhetoric, if you will, that even ronald reagan or george h.w. bush would not have felt comfortable. >> politics at a...
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and that red line is ronald reagan. you see? it went up to a high in the year of his presidency. but then it started heading downward. the blue line is president obama. and it is that unemployment number is plateauing. and that is a real problem for him. because ronald reagan seeing that number going down could claim it was morning in america. >> absolutely. >> and president obama cannot say that yet. >> but we did get an indicator, what, today? >> we did. consumer confidence. again, not good. down for the fourth straight month. unemployment numbers have been higher than 8% for 40 straight months. now, gas prices have gone down considerably. but that still hasn't been factored in yet by the american people. so i think the big question is when does this sort of pessimism really get cemented? is it now? or does the president have a couple more months over the summer to try and get people to believe we're headed on the right track? pollsters disagree about that. >> and you have some stakes that certainly show some improvement in the job numbers, but nationwide there's an issue. >> t
and that red line is ronald reagan. you see? it went up to a high in the year of his presidency. but then it started heading downward. the blue line is president obama. and it is that unemployment number is plateauing. and that is a real problem for him. because ronald reagan seeing that number going down could claim it was morning in america. >> absolutely. >> and president obama cannot say that yet. >> but we did get an indicator, what, today? >> we did. consumer...
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and we think of the great communicator, we think of ronald reagan in the '80s insisting he doesn't deal with terrorists and we discovered otherwise. sometimes governments should not make these absolutely moral statements because indeed what do you do about hamas? it controls gaza. it holds gaza in captivity, if you will. it is the rogue government in gaza. do you deal with it? well, you try. and how do you deal with it? you designate egyptians as middlemen. we negotiate with terrorists even though we deny it all the time. >> part of the deal is for the united states to help stop the flow of weapons into gaza. but do you suspect egypt is really going to help the united states do that? >> i think egypt will look after its own interests, joe. because one thing the egyptians are very worried about the sina peninsula. it is a place for smugglers, terrorists, raiders, and it has a heavy -- so they must secure the sina peninsula, make sure they have american aid, and they must in the end try to be a broker between the isrealis and hamas, it's a game that egypt knows and one that egypt capitali
and we think of the great communicator, we think of ronald reagan in the '80s insisting he doesn't deal with terrorists and we discovered otherwise. sometimes governments should not make these absolutely moral statements because indeed what do you do about hamas? it controls gaza. it holds gaza in captivity, if you will. it is the rogue government in gaza. do you deal with it? well, you try. and how do you deal with it? you designate egyptians as middlemen. we negotiate with terrorists even...
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ronald reagan was able to do that, wolf. he was able to keep a very conservative base and make it attractive to the middle. i think there's room in the republican party to be a conservative party that has ideas that sell, not only with a conservative base but sells with a group that is much bigger because the ideas are good ones. so we cannot be a party of just white people. that's not going to cut it. when ronald reagan was elected, 88% of the voters were white. today it's 72%. you do the math. >> so how do you go out and reassure nonwhites out there whether hispanics, african-americans that the republican party is a big tent, all inclusive kind of party, for example, ronald reagan you point out what he used to talk about? >> well, first of all, you have to have candidates who don't make tragic mistakes and i'll go right to indiana and missouri. repelled women with the statements that they made. lost elections that absolutely should have been won by the republicans candidates with the statements that they made about rape. t
ronald reagan was able to do that, wolf. he was able to keep a very conservative base and make it attractive to the middle. i think there's room in the republican party to be a conservative party that has ideas that sell, not only with a conservative base but sells with a group that is much bigger because the ideas are good ones. so we cannot be a party of just white people. that's not going to cut it. when ronald reagan was elected, 88% of the voters were white. today it's 72%. you do the...
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ronald reagan's second term. my heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. >> the iran contra affair. bill clinton. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. impeached after the lewinsky mess. . that's trouble for roughly 100% of reelected presidents since 1972. enough to give you second thoughts about that second term. so, is there anything the obama team can do to prevent this? now, as bill clinton might say -- >> it depends upon what the meaning of the word is. >> the fact is, if there is going to be a second term scandal, it's seeds were probably sewn in the first term. the watergate break in, nixon's first term -- >> if the obama team was going to mess up, history suggests they already did. maybe it's something that has made headlines already, but maybe not, the lewinsky scandal didn't surface in 1998, maybe the obama administration will make it's own history and avoid a second term scandal. if not, disney world will seem very appealing
ronald reagan's second term. my heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. >> the iran contra affair. bill clinton. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. impeached after the lewinsky mess. . that's trouble for roughly 100% of reelected presidents since 1972. enough to give you second thoughts about that second term. so, is there anything the obama team can do to prevent this? now, as bill clinton might say...
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reagan building. so i'm leaving. you'll wrap things up for us. >> i'll hold down the fort, but only while you're gone. >> you'll do an excellent job. we'll have much more of what's going on, including my interview with senator dianne feinstein. she's got a lot to say on this whole scandal. and it sounds to her like it's something out of the national enquirer. something very interesn common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. online outfit piccolo headphones buy now broadway show megapixels place to sleep little roadster war and peace deep sea diving ninja app hipster glasses 5% cash back sign up to get 5% everywhere online through december. only from discover. >>> the affair that brought down cia director david petraeus caught most officials in the nation's capital by surprise. and many of u
reagan building. so i'm leaving. you'll wrap things up for us. >> i'll hold down the fort, but only while you're gone. >> you'll do an excellent job. we'll have much more of what's going on, including my interview with senator dianne feinstein. she's got a lot to say on this whole scandal. and it sounds to her like it's something out of the national enquirer. something very interesn common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their...
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by the way, ronald reagan said the same thing. he called it crazy. well, romney thinks that's a good thing. working people will think it's an outrage. >> $400,000 in speaker's fees, he does have to pay the higher tax rates, but on investments the rule is 15%. >> you can hate the rate, but don't hate the candidate. he's paying taxes according to the law. mr. buffett wants to change it. >> you already had your turn. >> since ronald reagan was president, millions have been taken off the federal tax rolls completely. there are millions who don't pay taxes that get federal government services. you wouldn't say they should pay something -- they're underpaid already. you can hate the tax rate, the 15% or the 35%, but this man is paying taxes according to the law, and if he is, then you should leave him alone. >> the law is rigged to -- i'm with you, i think millionaires and billionaires should pay -- mitt romney thinks there should be a romney rule. where is his bill? has he come to the congress and argued for it? >> the last state of the union address, and
by the way, ronald reagan said the same thing. he called it crazy. well, romney thinks that's a good thing. working people will think it's an outrage. >> $400,000 in speaker's fees, he does have to pay the higher tax rates, but on investments the rule is 15%. >> you can hate the rate, but don't hate the candidate. he's paying taxes according to the law. mr. buffett wants to change it. >> you already had your turn. >> since ronald reagan was president, millions have been...
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i think ronald reagan did it 7.2%, 7.3%. >> reporter: yeah. not as high as now, exactly. >> right. the president obviously has a lot of work over these next four months. i did notice and i'm sure you did as well, dana, that romney on this day he not only blasted the president, but he also went out and specifically noted what he would do differently. >> reporter: that's exactly right. as i noted in the piece, that did not seem to be an accident at all. he went out and he really trashed the president, but he was very specific and very clear. he said the word plan two or three times. i have a plan. and then he went onto list the plan. as you know, wolf, part of the problem that conservatives have and their concern isn't just that he's not talking about his plan, is that it is 59 points which is a lot to talk about. they want to narrow the focus. much like john sununu said to you yesterday. >> yes. thanks very much for that, dana. >>> president obama did his best to put a relatively positive spin on the jobs numbers out on the campaign trail in ohio. here's cnn's dan lothian. >> report
i think ronald reagan did it 7.2%, 7.3%. >> reporter: yeah. not as high as now, exactly. >> right. the president obviously has a lot of work over these next four months. i did notice and i'm sure you did as well, dana, that romney on this day he not only blasted the president, but he also went out and specifically noted what he would do differently. >> reporter: that's exactly right. as i noted in the piece, that did not seem to be an accident at all. he went out and he really...
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that boyhood home of ronald reagan, ronald reagan we should mention coined the phrase, thou shalt not speak ill of another republican. >> and wrong paul and newt gingrich are not in illinois right now? it's a two-man race between romney and santorum? >> reporter: and it's interesting to see if mitt romney and santorum will be here tomorrow. he will be in the suburbs outside of chicago where he hopes a lot of those moderate republicans will come out and vote for him. santorum will be in gettysberg, pennsylvania in his home state, gettiesberg, of course obviously one of the classic battles of the instinctively war. wolf? >> we'll watch and see what's happening, of course we'll have extensive coverage tomorrow night, jim, thank you. >>> after a steady drum beat about the overriding importance of the delegate count, mitt romney is sounding a rathwratra different tone. >> it's all about delegates, and if we get more delegates, we'll pick up some delegates and that's what it's all about. i know a lot of people will talk about delegates and strategies and math, and that's all good to the ins
that boyhood home of ronald reagan, ronald reagan we should mention coined the phrase, thou shalt not speak ill of another republican. >> and wrong paul and newt gingrich are not in illinois right now? it's a two-man race between romney and santorum? >> reporter: and it's interesting to see if mitt romney and santorum will be here tomorrow. he will be in the suburbs outside of chicago where he hopes a lot of those moderate republicans will come out and vote for him. santorum will be...
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and ronald reagan won that election in a landslide. more recently osama bin laden released a video four days before the 2004 election, remember? that reminder of the 9/11 attacks probably helped george w. bush win a second term. 2008 the financial meltdown technically that started in september with the collapse of lehman brothers, but it was a moment that boosted barack obama and highlighted john mccain's weakness when it came to the economy. so what about this year 2012? that old video of an angry speech with racial overtones by then candidate obama which resurfaced last night could sway some voters. or maybe the surprise is still lurking out there somewhere. tonight's debate has the potential to provide one. there's always a chance for significant economic news, jobs report, the potential for the u.s. to go off that well-talked about fiscal cliff. and it's not hard to imagine some unexpected event in the middle east, take your pick, iran, israel, syria, libya. here's the question, what will be the october surprise in this year's pres
and ronald reagan won that election in a landslide. more recently osama bin laden released a video four days before the 2004 election, remember? that reminder of the 9/11 attacks probably helped george w. bush win a second term. 2008 the financial meltdown technically that started in september with the collapse of lehman brothers, but it was a moment that boosted barack obama and highlighted john mccain's weakness when it came to the economy. so what about this year 2012? that old video of an...
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you can trace it all the way back to when ronald reagan ran in 1980 and the words he used, and then bill clinton in '92. and even barack obama in 2008 when he criticized george bush for going to the olympics. it just happens. then once you take office, a new reality sets in. and that is, i've got to manage this large complicated relationship and i have to make it work because the world is watching and they depend on our ability to manage economics and to manage the security aspect of the relationship in ways that provide an overlay of confidence. that's what has made the asia-pacific region prosper. and that's our future. >> there's a lot of talk today about mitt romney changing his campaign, perhaps becoming more specific. what would you tell him to change his campaign, if you had the opportunity? >> you're looking at a failed candidate. so -- >> still, you have ideas. >> to give anybody any kind of advice -- he is perfectly situated to focus in laser-like on jobs and economic expansion. >> does he need to get more specific? >> well, specifics are good. but it's the believability stuff
you can trace it all the way back to when ronald reagan ran in 1980 and the words he used, and then bill clinton in '92. and even barack obama in 2008 when he criticized george bush for going to the olympics. it just happens. then once you take office, a new reality sets in. and that is, i've got to manage this large complicated relationship and i have to make it work because the world is watching and they depend on our ability to manage economics and to manage the security aspect of the...
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reagan. >> in 1995, at the gold water institute, nancy reagan said that ronald reagan's torch had been passed to me as speaker of the house and i was carrying out the values he believed in. >> reporter: on another note, he had to concede he was wrong last week when he claimed his team offered several witnesses to abc news to refute statement by his ex-wife marianne in an enter view aired last week. the on witnesses were gingrich's two daughters from his first marriage who was both interviewed by the network. it's beginning to look like an yachtout assault with web ads, angry words, and and gingrich seems to be stirring up a running future with the republican establishment, apparently in the hopes he'll be able to lure some of those re l rebellious tea party types into his camp. >> thanks very much. >>> all right. this just coming into "the situation room." new information potential embarrassing information involving mitt romney's campaign. what is going on, jim acosta? >> reporter: the romney campaign is confirming that it is reviewing discrepancies that exist between the tax returns t
reagan. >> in 1995, at the gold water institute, nancy reagan said that ronald reagan's torch had been passed to me as speaker of the house and i was carrying out the values he believed in. >> reporter: on another note, he had to concede he was wrong last week when he claimed his team offered several witnesses to abc news to refute statement by his ex-wife marianne in an enter view aired last week. the on witnesses were gingrich's two daughters from his first marriage who was both...
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romney, obama aides say, is no ronald reagan, more like chevy chase. combatting that image, romney met with a group of retired generals after a speech. the romney approach would be both more muscular and bipartisan. >> if you look at harry truman and john kennedy and the use of power by bill clinton in his second term, that is a much different approach than jimmy carter and barack obama. >> reporter: to put his vision into action, romney will have to win first, which explains why he made an impromptu stop at a nearby elementary school. at this stage of the race, the pictures matter almost as much as the policies. romney did mention the obama campaign's trump card on foreign policy, the killing of osama bin laden, but he seemed to give the credit to what he called, quote, military and intelligence professionals. romney will now shift back to the economy with campaign events coming up here in virginia and also in iowa and ohio. wolf? >> jim acosta, thank you. let's go back to gloria borger. what was mitt romney trying to accomplish with this marriage for
romney, obama aides say, is no ronald reagan, more like chevy chase. combatting that image, romney met with a group of retired generals after a speech. the romney approach would be both more muscular and bipartisan. >> if you look at harry truman and john kennedy and the use of power by bill clinton in his second term, that is a much different approach than jimmy carter and barack obama. >> reporter: to put his vision into action, romney will have to win first, which explains why he...